Adrenal ganglioneuroma with hepatic metastasis
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Adrenal ganglioneuroma with hepatic metastasis
Ganglioneuroma is the most differentiated tumor of neural crest origin and rarely arises in the adrenal gland. Ganglioneuroma is typically known to be benign, but very rarely can metastasize to distant sites. We report a case of a 31-year-old man with a huge adrenal mass with hepatic metastases.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2233-7903
DOI: 10.4174/jkss.2011.80.4.297